Chapter 13 8. Let me be a wolf from now on

From the late winter of 1352 to June 1353, the Battle of Haozhou broke out. This battle was well fought, and when the rebel army in the city was exhausted, the main general of the Yuan army suddenly died of illness, so the Yuan army was defeated, and the Haozhou rebel army won the first great victory against encirclement and suppression. After the victory, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his hometown, enthusiastically promoted the revolution, and pulled up a guerrilla team of 700 people. In this guerrilla team, all the fierce generals who could fight in the future Ming Dynasty were assembled.This guerrilla easily defeated a regular army of the Yuan Empire, and its strength quickly rose to 20,000.

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was worrying about the more than 20,000 mouths to eat, another line struggle broke out. This line struggle first broke out between Zhu Yuanzhang and his father-in-law Guo Zixing. Just as his son-in-law was fighting fiercely, his old enemy Sun Deya suddenly got involved again, which made the situation of the struggle more complicated. This line struggle is also known as wrangling with the state.It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting in the military tent worrying, suddenly a person appeared outside the tent door, which made Zhu Yuanzhang jump up with a "teng".

It was the old father-in-law Guo Zixing who came. He didn't even say hello and didn't allow his subordinates to report, so he rushed in angrily, obviously with bad intentions. But after Guo Zixing entered the door, he sat down in the middle, glared at Zhu Yuanzhang, and asked, "Are you guilty?" If you say that Zhu Yuanzhang has no other characteristics, he just has a super fast brain.Hearing Guo Zixing ask this sentence, he knew that he was in serious trouble, and he couldn't answer the question of guilt—wouldn't the conviction just happen?Nor can he answer that he is not guilty—an answer like this can only irritate Guo Zixing, saying that he is sophistry.It is not right to say that he is guilty, and it is not right to say that he is not guilty, so how should he say it?

Zhu Yuanzhang's answer was: "Father-in-law, family affairs are easy to talk about, but outside affairs are as urgent as sparks and must be dealt with immediately." Sure enough, Guo Zixing was fooled, so he forgot to ask Zhu Yuanzhang if he was guilty or not. Instead, Zhu Yuanzhang led him by the nose and asked, "What's going on outside?" Zhu Yuanzhang replied: "Sun Deya." What's the matter with the old grandson here?The more Guo Zixing thought about it, the more confused he became. After thinking about it, he forgot why he came here, and just lowered his head and drank the wine.

Guo Zixing drank until dawn, when Daying's grandson Deya came, bid farewell to Zhu Yuanzhang, and said, "Your father-in-law and I can't get along. We will go our separate ways in the future." Zhu Yuanzhang suggested: "Since the marshal insists on leaving, let me send your troops out of the city first. The marshal is at the back of the central hall. How about you?" What Zhu Yuanzhang meant was to prevent friction between the two armies.Sun Deya agreed immediately, and the mighty army began to leave the city. Zhu Yuanzhang walked in front to see them off, and when they were sending them off, suddenly the horse behind rushed to report that there was an exchange of fire between Sun Deya and Guo Zixing in the city.Zhu Yuanzhang became anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "You go first, I'll go to the bathroom..." After speaking, he turned his horse's head and ran away.Sun Deya's men were furious, and chased after him shouting, only to hear the sound of feathers and arrows piercing the air behind them, and the arrows hit Zhu Yuanzhang's armor, making him stagger.Then I heard the sound of puffing and puffing behind me. It turned out that the spear pierced through Zhu Yuanzhang's armor, and ran again, and ran again and killed your butt like a sieve...Zhu Yuanzhang is wise and mighty, so he can only be obedient at this time He raised his hand to surrender and became a captive of Sun Deya's tribe.

At this time in Hezhou City, the unlucky Sun Deya also became a prisoner of Guo Zixing.Guo Zixing ordered someone to put him in a shackle, and poured a wine glass into his mouth: "Old Sun, drink, drink, drink, if you don't drink, you look down on me..." Just as Sun Deya rolled his eyes, he saw Xu Da with bare feet He ran over and said, "Report to the chief, both Chief Zhu Yuanzhang and I were captured by Sun Deya's men. Now they let me back and ask for a replacement. Please organize me to test me." Test your size!Guo Zixing thought again and again, no matter what, Zhu Yuanzhang is also his son-in-law, and he is still loyal to him. It seems a little unkind to see him being stewed and eaten.

Then let's change generals. So Zhu Yuanzhang and Sun Deya were tied up and put on horsebacks. When they reached the front of the two armies, they slapped each other's buttocks, and saw the two horses walking towards their own army. Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like his wonderful experience, so in his autobiography, he deliberately ignored this incident. But it was this incident that confirmed his extraordinary wisdom—war is irrational, and the battlefield is full of variables.Even if you have great wisdom, you can't help but cut your neck with a sharp steel knife.If there was a brother who shot the arrow accurately at that time, or if the spear hit hard and killed Zhu Yuanzhang with a "puchi", then no matter how much wisdom he had, it would be useless.

Therefore, the sage said: "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall—don't eat poisonous ones, and don't go to dangerous places!" However, if you don't mess with war, it won't let you go. At present, Zhu Yuanzhang has been involuntarily involved in the vortex of the times.And the law of war is not the law of the gentleman, but the philosophy of the wolf. "Then let me become the most ferocious wolf on the wasteland!" Deep in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang must have let out such a mournful howl.